Ted, your profile doesn't say, but do you have any existing aviation qualifications? If you have a private, recreational or sport pilot certificate in airplanes, it can shorten the path to gyroplanes.
All the Cessna dealers are required by their contracts to purchase a minimum quantity of Cessna aircraft every couple years. Now that the 162 Skycatcher LSA is starting to actually be delivered, many Cessna Pilot Centers are ordering them to fulfill this requirement, because it's the lowest-cost aircraft Cessna offers. That, and the introduction of Cessna's new sport pilot course, will make instruction for the Sport Pilot/Airplane certificate much more readily available.
The location near me will be getting two Skycatchers in the next few months, and they'll rent for $109/hour including fuel. Add $50/hr for the instructor, and that's training in a brand new airplane for less than you can train in an experimental gyro most places, especially if you have to travel.
The only reason I bring this up is that getting your Sport Pilot Certificate in airplane becomes a qualification which will not expire, and makes the gyroplane a simple add-on. You'll also be able to take your flight reviews in an airplane afterward to stay legal, rather than having to find a gyro instructor with a two-place machine available.
It's not a bad way to go.